Deslatte: Edwards' bid seems far-fetched

11:15 PM,
Jan. 12, 2014

Written by

Melinda Deslatte

Never one to shun the spotlight, former Gov. Edwin Edwards isn't squelching rumors he might consider another run for Congress, coyly offering no comments while his daughter and wife repeat the speculation on social media.

But the 86-year-old, Democratic, four-term former governor has a list of blows against the possibility he could reclaim an elected office: his age, his federal felony conviction, the shifting face of Louisiana politics and the makeup of the U.S. House district in which he lives.

The chatter seems more designed to keep Edwards in the news and in the thick of political ...